Staff Software Engineer, Care

Hims & Hers is the leading health and wellness platform, on a mission to help the world feel great through the power of better health. We are redefining healthcare by putting the customer first and delivering access to care that is affordable, accessible, and personal, from diagnosis to treatment to delivery. No two people are the same, so we provide access to personalized care designed for results. By normalizing health & wellness challenges and innovating on their solutions, we’re making better health outcomes easier to achieve. 

Hims & Hers is a public company, traded on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “HIMS.” To learn more about the brand and offerings, you can visit hims.com/about and hims.com/how-it-works . For information on the company’s outstanding benefits, culture, and its talent-first flexible/remote work approach, see below and visit www.hims.com/careers-professionals.

About the Role:

We’re hiring a Staff Software Engineer for the Care teams. These teams work on a diverse range of projects—from provider and support agent-facing web applications to backend platforms supporting our integrated Care Platform, pharmacy operations, and customer support tools. You will be directly working on the next generation of tools to drive a more modern patient centric model of healthcare.

As a Staff Engineer, you’ll lead critical initiatives across squads, owning the technical direction and delivery of scalable, reliable systems. You’ll influence architectural decisions, improve developer experience, and drive operational excellence across teams. In addition to deep technical ownership, you’ll coach engineers across squads, foster alignment in cross-functional initiatives, and shape solutions that prioritize long-term scalability and customer impact.

You Will:

• Lead cross-squad engineering initiatives to improve architecture, reduce technical debt, and increase system reliability

• Design and implement reusable frameworks, infrastructure, and services that enable teams to build efficiently and consistently

• Partner with product and engineering leadership to align technical strategy with business goals

• Set standards for code quality, testing, and documentation that scale across squads

• Drive improvements in observability, incident response, and performance optimization

• Coach and mentor engineers across teams, sharing best practices and fostering a culture of learning and continuous improvement

• Facilitate technical planning, architectural reviews, and design discussions across squads.

• Own critical systems or domains, ensuring long-term maintainability, performance, and team alignment

You Have:

• 8–10+ years of professional software engineering experience, including significant technical leadership across teams

• Deep expertise in backend technologies (Node.js, Kotlin, Java)

• Strong experience with CI/CD workflows (e.g., CircleCI, GitHub), cloud infrastructure (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes), and observability tools (e.g., Datadog)

• Proven ability to design and lead scalable, maintainable, and testable systems

• Ecvellent communication and collaboration skills, with a track record of guiding cross-functional teams toward alignment

• Demonstrated ability to design for scale, anticipating future growth, complexity, and use cases

• Experience mentoring engineers and elevating engineering practices across squads.

• Proven ability to break down long-term engineering goals into clear, actionable milestones for teams to execute with confidence

• A humble, empathetic approach to collaboration, fostering trust and shared ownership within and across teams

You’ll Thrive Here If You:

• Drive architectural clarity and system design across multiple squads

• Champion sustainable development practices and raise the technical bar

• Align technical solutions with customer needs and business priorities

• Embrace ambiguity and create structure that enables others to move forward

• Foster a collaborative, inclusive environment that values continuous learning, humility, and mutual respect

• Take initiative to identify and address systemic challenges that impact scale and efficiency

• Make well-calibrated decisions quickly and help others do the same by distinguishing between reversible and high-stakes choices

• Lead with curiosity, empathy, and a commitment to building exceptional systems and teams

Our Benefits (there are more but here are some highlights):

• Competitive salary & equity compensation for full-time roles

• Unlimited PTO, company holidays, and quarterly mental health days

• Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental & vision, and parental leave

• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)

• 401k benefits with employer matching contribution

• Offsite team retreats

We are committed to building a workforce that reflects diverse perspectives and prioritizes ethics, wellness, and a strong sense of belonging. If you're excited about this role, we encourage you to apply—even if you're not sure if your background or experience is a perfect match.

Hims considers all qualified applicants for employment, including applicants with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act, and any similar state or local fair chance laws.

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